Beyond Booked Solid Your Business, Your Life, Your Way--It's All Inside
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Summary
Author Biography
Michael Port is the author of Book Yourself Solid. He's been called a "marketing guru" by the Wall Street Journal and is a renowned public speaker. A slightly irreverent, sometimes funny, knowledgeable, compassionate, and passionate performer, Michael hits his mark every time and leaves his audiences, readers, and clients a little smarter, much more alive, and thinking a heck of a lot bigger about who they are and what they offer the world. See videos and read his blog at MichaelPort.com.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| How and Why-Doing and Being | p. 1 |
| Innovation | p. 3 |
| Where You Are | p. 5 |
| Decide-The Change You Want to Make | p. 7 |
| Current State | p. 9 |
| Build by Extension | p. 10 |
| Build New | p. 10 |
| How Do You Feel about the Future?-Be Disposed toward Success | p. 13 |
| Cultivate Curiosity | p. 14 |
| Be Ambitious | p. 15 |
| Nurture Creativity | p. 17 |
| Business-Building Blocks | p. 23 |
| Common Business Building Blocks | p. 27 |
| Design What's Constructible | p. 39 |
| How Can You Get There?-Preparing Yourself for the Future | p. 41 |
| Be a Conscious Discloser | p. 42 |
| Be Ahistorical | p. 45 |
| Learning Methods | p. 49 |
| The Right Architecture for You-and Keeping It Flexible | p. 51 |
| The Problem of Choice | p. 52 |
| Creating a Set of Options for Your Future | p. 60 |
| Elements of the Beyond Booked Solid Report | p. 61 |
| What Do You Need to Get There?-What You Have, What You Need | p. 69 |
| Closing the Gaps | p. 70 |
| Your Resources | p. 72 |
| What Do You Want?-Defining and Measuring Your Objectives | p. 75 |
| Projects and Constraints | p. 77 |
| Relieving and Applying Constraints | p. 84 |
| Measuring Project Success | p. 87 |
| Pitfalls | p. 90 |
| Projects-How to Get Things Done | p. 93 |
| Simple Rules for Getting Things Done | p. 94 |
| Playing Catch with Hal | p. 103 |
| Dealing with the Inevitable | p. 106 |
| Observe the Change You've Wrought | p. 107 |
| Systems-A Business That Runs Itself | p. 111 |
| When to Build a System | p. 114 |
| Building Systems | p. 119 |
| Getting It Right the First Time-and Fixing Problems as They Occur | p. 135 |
| How To-Hire Others, Outsource, and Leaverage Yourself | p. 139 |
| Hiring | p. 141 |
| Outsourcing | p. 145 |
| Strategic Alliances and Partnerships | p. 148 |
| Leverage Is Being a Leader and Getting Others to Take the Lead | p. 149 |
| Integrate-People and Process | p. 155 |
| People or Processes | p. 156 |
| The Right Process Leads to the Right Results | p. 159 |
| A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place | p. 162 |
| Don't Overwork People | p. 166 |
| People versus Technology | p. 167 |
| Live-The Balance | p. 169 |
| Finding Flow | p. 170 |
| Have a Hobby | p. 174 |
| Case Studies-Real People, Real Businesses | p. 179 |
| Brandon Hartsell and Sunstone Yoga | p. 181 |
| Ron Quintero and My Resource Center, Mortgage Leaders Edge, Debt Advisory Alliance, and Finance This Home | p. 185 |
| Mike Berkley and the Berkley Center for Reproductive Wellness and Women's Health | p. 189 |
| Lori Kliman and Heather White and Cupcakes by Heather and Lori | p. 193 |
| Brian Scudamore and 1-800-Got-Junk? | p. 197 |
| Jonathan Hunt and FundNet.ca | p. 200 |
| Kody Bateman and SendOutCards.com | p. 204 |
| Bibliography | p. 213 |
| Index | p. 215 |
| About the Author | p. 218 |
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